Nine-killer |
The northern butcher bird. |
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Killer |
One who deprives of life; one who, or that which, kills. |
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Killer |
A voracious, toothed whale of the genus Orca, of which several species are known. |
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Lady |
A woman who looks after the domestic affairs of a family; a mistress; the female head of a household. |
n. |
Lady |
A woman having proprietary rights or authority; mistress; -- a feminine correlative of lord. |
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Lady |
A woman to whom the particular homage of a knight was paid; a woman to whom one is devoted or bound; a sweetheart. |
n. |
Lady |
A woman of social distinction or position. In England, a title prefixed to the name of any woman whose husband is not of lower rank than a baron, or whose father was a nobleman not lower than an earl. The wife of a baronet or knight has the title of Lady by courtesy, but not by right. |
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Lady |
A woman of refined or gentle manners; a well-bred woman; -- the feminine correlative of gentleman. |
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Lady |
A wife; -- not now in approved usage. |
n. |
Lady |
The triturating apparatus in the stomach of a lobster; -- so called from a fancied resemblance to a seated female figure. It consists of calcareous plates. |
n. |
Lady |
Belonging or becoming to a lady; ladylike. |
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Lady |
The day of the annunciation of the Virgin Mary, March 25. See Annunciation. |
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Lady-killing |
The art or practice of captivating the hearts of women. |
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Lady's bedstraw |
The common bedstraw (Galium verum); also, a slender-leaved East Indian shrub (Pharnaceum Mollugo), with white flowers in umbels. |
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Lady's bower |
A climbing plant with fragrant blossoms (Clematis vitalba). |
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Lady's comb |
An umbelliferous plant (Scandix Pecten-Veneris), its clusters of long slender fruits remotely resembling a comb. |
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Lady's cushion |
An herb growing in dense tufts; the thrift (Armeria vulgaris). |
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Lady's finger |
The kidney vetch. |
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Lady's finger |
A variety of small cake of about the dimensions of a finger. |
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Lady's finger |
A long, slender variety of the potato. |
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